Lady Charger rally comes up short at Enka in 2nd round

CANDLER — It was the kind of tight, low-scoring contest you expect between two capable teams in the state softball playoffs.

The Crest High softball team’s seventh-inning rally fell short in a 3-2 loss at Enka in the second round of the 3A playoffs on Tuesday.

Macy Ollis led off the top of the seventh with a double, and Madison Cheek’s two-run home run trimmed the margin to one.

But it wasn’t enough to overcome single runs in each of the first three innings for the Jets (17-4).

Ollis and Wacaster each had two hits for the Lady Chargers, who completed a 16-5 campaign.

Ollis took the loss, though only one of Enka’s three runs was earned. She went six innings with two strikeouts, no walks and five hits allowed. All of the hits came in those first three innings.

“I’m proud of our team. They came out and played hard,” Crest coach Greg Earl said. “We just needed to hit it earlier. We had two great seniors (Emily Kale and Dakota Keller), and they’re going to have great college careers.”

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